CVE-2008-5015

Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.1)—
Mozilla Firefox v3.x anteriores a 3.0.4 asigna privilegios chrome a un fichero: URI cuando se accede desde una misma pestaña que tenga privilegios chrome o desde una pagina about: con privilegios, lo que permite a atacantes ayudados por el usuario ejecutar JavaSript a su elección con privilegios chrome a través de código malicioso en un fichero que ya este guardado en el sistema local.
CVSS

Versión: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Puntuación base: 5.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.21%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 82
Fecha de la puntuación: 14/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Mozilla — Firefox
CWE

CWE-94
Referencias

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